鴿屬

The lairge bird genus Columba comprises a group o medium tae lairge fodgle doos, aften referred tae as the teepical dous.

Species

Species remainin in Columba is:

• Rock dou, Columba livia
  • Domestic an feral dous, Columba livia domestica
• Stock Doo, Columba oenas
• Trocaz dou, Columba trocaz
• Bolle's dou, Columba bollii
• Laurel dou, Columba junoniae
• Hill dou, Columba rupestris
• Snaw dou, Columba leuconota
• Speckled dou, Columba guinea
• White-collared dou, Columba albitorques
• Yellae-eed dou, Columba eversmanni
• Somali dou, Columba oliviae
• Cushat, Columba palumbus
  • Madeiran Wid dou, Columba palumbus maderensis – extinct (early 20t century)
• Afep dou, Columba unicincta
• African Olive dou, Columba arquatrix
• Cameroon Olive dou, Columba sjostedti
• São Tomé Olive dou, Columba thomensis
• Comoros Olive dou, Columba polleni
• Maisled cushat, Columba hodgsonii
• White-naped dou, Columba albinucha
• Ashy cushat, Columba pulchricollis
• Nilgiri cushat, Columba elphinstonii
• Sri Lanka cushat, Columba torringtoniae
• Fauch-cappit dou, Columba punicea
• Sillery dou, Columba argentina – (thocht tae be extinct, rediscovered in 2008)
• Andaman Wid dou, Columba palumboides
• Japanese Wid dou, Columba janthina
  • Ogasawara Wid dou, Columba janthina nitens – extinct (1980s)
• Bonin Wid dou, Columba versicolor – extinct (c.1890)
• Ryukyu Wid dou, Columba jouyi – extinct (late 1930s)
• Metallic dou or White-throated dou, Columba vitiensis
  • Lord Howe Metallic dou, Columba vitiensis godmanae – extinct (1853)
  • Tongan Metallic dou, Columba vitiensis ssp. – extinct (late 18th century); validity doubtful
• White-headed dou, Columba leucomela
• Yellow-legged dou, Columba pallidiceps
• Eastern Bronze-naped dou, Columba delegorguei
• Western Bronze-naped dou, Columba iriditorques
• Island Bronze-naped dou, Columba malherbii
• Lemon Dove, Columba larvata – whiles placed in Aplopelia
  • São Tomé Lemon Dove, Columba (larvata) simplex – whiles placed in Aplopelia
• Mauritian Wid dou, Columba thiriouxi – extinct